Teens sail on doomed protest boat

Parker, and fellow Sunshine Coast hammer throwers Curtis Sutton and Kaysanne Hockey, could never have guessed what would transpire from representing Queensland at the All Schools National Track and Field Championships in Hobart last month.

A chance encounter last month on Hobart’s docks during a competition-free Sunday led to the trio becoming part of a super-secret six-hour training run with the crew of Ady Gil on December 6.

Their delight turned to shock last week as they watched over and over the collision between the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society ship and the whaling vessel Shonan Maru II in the chilly Southern Ocean.